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san francisco is a very weird city, politically high strung. seems to act on whims and notions. and from the upper. the direction comes from the top down. from staff down to you. with your blind obedience, deaf ears, and extremely dumb. if you are not dumb, you are corrupt. if you are not dumb or corrupt, you are delusional, and in denial. i would like to say that "dumb" is my choice for you. i will like to think that there is hope to educate you and that you will grow and make this industry flourish. and service will be great. i can tell you that -- i do not get that impression, driving 24 years. peter -- native san franciscan. i am disgusted >> chairman nolan: anyone else care to address the board. >> i declare the public hearing close. >> chairman nolan: ms. -- would like to speak to any of the points raised? ms. hyoshi, could you come forward. could you comment on -- the point was raised about how this will work on day one in what the person could do with that. could you talk about that a little bit. >> yes, thank you. chris hyoshi, deputy director of taxis and accessible se
san francisco is a very weird city, politically high strung. seems to act on whims and notions. and from the upper. the direction comes from the top down. from staff down to you. with your blind obedience, deaf ears, and extremely dumb. if you are not dumb, you are corrupt. if you are not dumb or corrupt, you are delusional, and in denial. i would like to say that "dumb" is my choice for you. i will like to think that there is hope to educate you and that you will grow and make this...
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san francisco has a tradition. they voted for us to get 3 medallions. and you have never carried that. you take money from us and give it to the muni, who already has a surplus, giving away free rides and god knows what else. because muni has such a high pension; we get nothing, you take money from our pockets and give us nothing in return. it is disgraceful and criminal for you to do this. (applause) >> chairman nolan: next speaker. >> good afternoon. >> mark brewer, united taxicab workers. this is one of the bitterest days in the more than 20 years that i have been active on these issues; and i have seen many bitter base especially since his body took over. how can you listen to the heart-felt please, the angry-please and turn them away? and you will. you are not an objective decision-making policy. you are group that has your own interests, that conflict with the interests of the people in this room. and you are simply turning away from them, and feeding your own coffers. just to give you a figure, i added what you have thus far gain from medallions
san francisco has a tradition. they voted for us to get 3 medallions. and you have never carried that. you take money from us and give it to the muni, who already has a surplus, giving away free rides and god knows what else. because muni has such a high pension; we get nothing, you take money from our pockets and give us nothing in return. it is disgraceful and criminal for you to do this. (applause) >> chairman nolan: next speaker. >> good afternoon. >> mark brewer, united...
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secondly, it takes you guys out of the san francisco taxi cab business; we need a new san francisco taxicab commission totally outside of this body. (applause) >> -- driving 20 years, position 200. i started driving 20 years ago as a cab driver; probably limit you guys remember. i started in the sunshine cab company. for the beginning, almost [indiscernible] ; last 20 years i paid 1.25 millon to the cab companies. i'm poor. now you have come with the funny idea, you want to sell us a medallion. i paid 1.25 million to the cab companies over the last 20 years. how much is that worth? how much 20 years at my age is worth. no you guys come with another funny idea. 150 people give 150,000. how about risk? i'm 64 years old. how about my family? what are you guys going to do for these people? do you think you are a -- i am a father, husband, broither,a neighbor, good person. what is going on with this corrupted city? i am a young man? 64 years old. what should i do? at 64 years old. start from scratch. can i make a payment? you tell me. are you guys american? are you guys american? cheating your n
secondly, it takes you guys out of the san francisco taxi cab business; we need a new san francisco taxicab commission totally outside of this body. (applause) >> -- driving 20 years, position 200. i started driving 20 years ago as a cab driver; probably limit you guys remember. i started in the sunshine cab company. for the beginning, almost [indiscernible] ; last 20 years i paid 1.25 millon to the cab companies. i'm poor. now you have come with the funny idea, you want to sell us a...
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from his years of living in san francisco. hydrangeas, chrysanthemums, and whilst dahlias in rich, deep shades as they make their way to the baggage area. they can access behind-the- scenes information and interviews with the artist through an audio to work. it features archival audio as well as interviews with living artists. he can be accessed on site by dialing the telephone numbers located near the artwork or by visiting the commission's web site. the public art speaks volumes of san francisco as a world-class city with world-class art and culture. for more information, visit >> welcome to the municiapal board of directors. (roll call) cell phones that are set on vibrate can interfere with the microphone. >> motion one, approval of the meetings. >> chairman nolan: all those in favor? opposed? -- >> good evening commissioners. i do not attend last meeting. however your approving them and i was in the august 21 of september 4 meeting, i was wondering why there is an endless culture of misrepresentation of certain verifiable
from his years of living in san francisco. hydrangeas, chrysanthemums, and whilst dahlias in rich, deep shades as they make their way to the baggage area. they can access behind-the- scenes information and interviews with the artist through an audio to work. it features archival audio as well as interviews with living artists. he can be accessed on site by dialing the telephone numbers located near the artwork or by visiting the commission's web site. the public art speaks volumes of san...
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the outreach for san francisco, and we will be paying attention to this and once we notice something -- which we have been doing we will write about t now, clean energy has to be discussed in the various facets that clean energy is produced. not only here in the united states but brazil and other areas and to find out really how much does that cost and finally let me say mr. chairman that we do have hydro electricity as part of this and we need to see how that is implemented. thank you very much. >> thank you. i have -- additional cards to name? jessica dur man ackerman and david mccord. >> hi. i am jessica ackerman and conservation staff with the sierra club and i am here to represent the 30,000 members in the bay area. i want to thank the supervisors for talking about the importance of this program and climate change and the importance of the program at for outreach. this is opportunity for economic growth but only if it includes local build out and we're seeing strong benefits and the installation of clean energy, energy efficiency, and leveraging other regional sources and we are
the outreach for san francisco, and we will be paying attention to this and once we notice something -- which we have been doing we will write about t now, clean energy has to be discussed in the various facets that clean energy is produced. not only here in the united states but brazil and other areas and to find out really how much does that cost and finally let me say mr. chairman that we do have hydro electricity as part of this and we need to see how that is implemented. thank you very...
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we've just come out of election season in san francisco. there are a lot of resources around doing field campaigns. are there folks hired as consultants or organizations that do a lot of outreach especially to communities of color that are involved in that outreach? >> yeah, that is all part of the community based organization and outreach we're looking at, and i absolutely want the folks that are representing our program to san francisco residents to be able to -- be reflective of the community they're talking to, so that's part of our focus, and what we will be working with are communications consultants on making sure we achieve. >> who is the communications consultant again? >> the commission authorized us to contract on a limited basis with davis and associates. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> commissioner vietor do you have another -- >> no, i'm done. >> commissioner olague. >> yes, i guess that is concerning to me actually. >> okay. >> i just am not sure how much experience consulting groups have working directly with communities
we've just come out of election season in san francisco. there are a lot of resources around doing field campaigns. are there folks hired as consultants or organizations that do a lot of outreach especially to communities of color that are involved in that outreach? >> yeah, that is all part of the community based organization and outreach we're looking at, and i absolutely want the folks that are representing our program to san francisco residents to be able to -- be reflective of the...
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san francisco in terms of districts? >> i'm sorry. i couldn't hear the last part. >> you want to speak right into the mic. >> in terms of the focus group how will you find the individuals for the focus group and will they have a diverse of individuals throughout san francisco and in terms of the presentation and distribution do you have a general idea of the break down throughout districts? >> so on the focus group formation we will rely heavily on our contractor to identify individuals, but we are looking for a diverse and representative focus group. in terms of the break down -- no, our focus is on those areas of the city that as the chart shows are in the deep green sectors and so those are the areas we will be focusing on. we do have detail numbers behind the picture that we could certainly share with you, and have shared with the puc previously. >> okay. very good. commissioner mo ran. >> thank you through the chair do we know what the pg&e premium is likely to be for their green offering. >> in their initial propos
san francisco in terms of districts? >> i'm sorry. i couldn't hear the last part. >> you want to speak right into the mic. >> in terms of the focus group how will you find the individuals for the focus group and will they have a diverse of individuals throughout san francisco and in terms of the presentation and distribution do you have a general idea of the break down throughout districts? >> so on the focus group formation we will rely heavily on our contractor to...
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item five is discussion on the san francisco public utilities commission and for the education plans for the choice aggregation and cleanpower sf program. >> okay. very good. colleagues it's a really as president torres as said it's a momentous occasion, historic occasion we had. we improved our relationship with shell and the allocation for the cleanpower sf and we're looking how the power can be maximized in the next year as we in fact the process of enrollment. i've actually believe that the timing of this could not be anymore -- anymore important to do today because of our global climate change that is happening, and i believe that we're seeing -- actually on the way here today i was listening to the radio. there was a report on democracy now that a portion of our artic ice about the size of the united states of america had melted this year which is significant to really alter what the temperature of the ocean is and we're seeing what really the impact of -- every year we're seeing dramatic examples of climate change and hurricane sandy being one of them. we're also seeing around
item five is discussion on the san francisco public utilities commission and for the education plans for the choice aggregation and cleanpower sf program. >> okay. very good. colleagues it's a really as president torres as said it's a momentous occasion, historic occasion we had. we improved our relationship with shell and the allocation for the cleanpower sf and we're looking how the power can be maximized in the next year as we in fact the process of enrollment. i've actually believe...
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and we're here in san francisco because san francisco is one of the most innovative cities in the galaxy, and it's a very great place to be the home of the challenge america summit, the first-ever challenge america summit. so it's now my job to introduce our first speaker of the night, who is going to officially kick off the first-ever challenge america summit, somebody who has been verylfe instrumental in creating a movement around innovation in san francisco. just a few months ago, announced october as innovation month inla whole lot of work on, you know, creating a@g real ecosystem for entrepreneurs, for governments, for everybody to create new ideas and new innovations. please join me in welcoming mayor ed lee to the floor. >> [applause.] >> thank you. thank you, josh. welcome, everybody. now that i know where i'm at, i want to welcome all of you, i want to of course thank the night challenge -- night rover challenge, nasa, of course, for being here. i also want to thank s.p.u.r. again for hosting it. you know, when i started working with s.p.u.r. many years ago, i knew they were a s
and we're here in san francisco because san francisco is one of the most innovative cities in the galaxy, and it's a very great place to be the home of the challenge america summit, the first-ever challenge america summit. so it's now my job to introduce our first speaker of the night, who is going to officially kick off the first-ever challenge america summit, somebody who has been verylfe instrumental in creating a movement around innovation in san francisco. just a few months ago, announced...
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essentially that china town is the densest in san francisco, the most open space poor, as you often hear in our conversations here, and that the analysis the planning department did indicated much of the spillover from increased density created by the new housing and new office space in the plan area would affect not just the downtown and south of market by china town. what is before you today is affirming and supporting what the planning commission did on october 18th. to prioritize spending those impact fees in the china town neighborhood. i want to note quickly the ipic committee on which the rec department has a seat is body charged with the actually allocation of those fees. i believe we talked a little about that in the september hearing but happy to answer more questions on that, as necessary. >> is there any public comment on this item? please come forward. >> good morning, aim may chan. i'm a legislative advisor for david chu. i want to express our support for resolution before you that prioritizes impact fee revenues from the transbay improvements in china town. the china town
essentially that china town is the densest in san francisco, the most open space poor, as you often hear in our conversations here, and that the analysis the planning department did indicated much of the spillover from increased density created by the new housing and new office space in the plan area would affect not just the downtown and south of market by china town. what is before you today is affirming and supporting what the planning commission did on october 18th. to prioritize spending...
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san francisco zoo, eleanor friend playground. >> good morning commissioners, karen money brodac from parks planning capital project. i'm excited and will hand this over to joe, the vice president of education at the zoo. i wanted to briefly introduce the item. again, this is discussion and possible action to approve the zoo's conceptual plan for the renovation to the playground at the zoo and expenditure of up to 2.3 million. including 138,000 from recreation and parks department. two, to adopt finding under the california environmental quality act and adopt mitigation, monitoring and reporting program. that 138,000 was already previously approved. just reaffirming the expenditure of that. this is existing playground in poor shape. doesn't meet certain current safety code. included in your commission report under attachments three and four, we worked closely with the planning department to identify and describe all the appropriate seek what language that is needed the to move forward. it was included and covered under the environmental impact report. we have included that information
san francisco zoo, eleanor friend playground. >> good morning commissioners, karen money brodac from parks planning capital project. i'm excited and will hand this over to joe, the vice president of education at the zoo. i wanted to briefly introduce the item. again, this is discussion and possible action to approve the zoo's conceptual plan for the renovation to the playground at the zoo and expenditure of up to 2.3 million. including 138,000 from recreation and parks department. two, to...
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what if you owned a horses in san francisco september 11th, 2001. your tone would be a bit different, mr. buell. you seem to have total contempt for this city, the people that live in it. especially people that have recreational activities in it. yes, you, my friend, are the person with the character flaw. you, my friend, are the person with lack of respect. you, my friend, are the abs salute epitome of what is wrong with this country. yes, my friend, when people have served the city and county of san francisco and their country in any capacity to get booted out at that time is unforgivable. there is nothing that you can say or do that will ever undo the gross cultural damage this recreation park department and commission achieved. absolutely unforgivable. thank you very much. >> is there anyone else who would like to make general public comment? being none, this item is closed. we are on item five, the consent calendar. is there anyone who would like to make public comment on the consent calendar? being none, this item sem closed commissioners. >>
what if you owned a horses in san francisco september 11th, 2001. your tone would be a bit different, mr. buell. you seem to have total contempt for this city, the people that live in it. especially people that have recreational activities in it. yes, you, my friend, are the person with the character flaw. you, my friend, are the person with lack of respect. you, my friend, are the abs salute epitome of what is wrong with this country. yes, my friend, when people have served the city and county...
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francisco rec and park and the department of public works forf ]w hard work and commitment to san francisco and its residents. >> president chiu: take that one first. colleagues, we have a resolution from supervisor chu. i believe it's -- it has the requisite commendatory finding as well as brown act finding. it's been seconded by supervisor elsbernd. let me ask if there are members of public that wish to speak on this imperative item. seeing none -- you're welcome to speak on the imperative item which is a resolution around -- madam clerk it's the sunset rec center? >> clerk calvillo: yes recognizing the grand reopening of thesq9k4$ópimÑ sunset recre. >> president chiu: so you can speak on this item. life or death, imperative, what is imperative. imperative, i think, is the right for people to live equally, for this to be the land of the free and the home of the brave, in order to do that, we need to be safe. disabled people who have seizures are not::zjr)z the parks or anywhere because we don't have appropriate actions for them as a seizure victim i would like to see that be an imperat
francisco rec and park and the department of public works forf ]w hard work and commitment to san francisco and its residents. >> president chiu: take that one first. colleagues, we have a resolution from supervisor chu. i believe it's -- it has the requisite commendatory finding as well as brown act finding. it's been seconded by supervisor elsbernd. let me ask if there are members of public that wish to speak on this imperative item. seeing none -- you're welcome to speak on the...
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it was great for our san francisco giants, it was terrible for san francisco medical cannabis patients,x#( or providers, licensed and permitted dispensaries like myself. our employees and their families and our landlords. tunnel, however. last month, the city attorney in oakland filed a lawsuit against theap 6!ñ federal government top forfeitures of licensed permitted businesses. last week in berkeley unanimously the berkeley city council decided to follow this lawsuit, and eventually join it. i would like our city attorney in san francisco to consider this, but i do
it was great for our san francisco giants, it was terrible for san francisco medical cannabis patients,x#( or providers, licensed and permitted dispensaries like myself. our employees and their families and our landlords. tunnel, however. last month, the city attorney in oakland filed a lawsuit against theap 6!ñ federal government top forfeitures of licensed permitted businesses. last week in berkeley unanimously the berkeley city council decided to follow this lawsuit, and eventually join it....
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we are struggling to keep our middle class in san francisco. we're losing ground in terms of our middle class leaving because of the cost of housing and other issues and we need to turn that around. one of the reasons a month ago why i offered the amendments i did was to make sure we were tracking housing production, not just of low income but in addition, middle income as well. the last thing we as a board should be doing is to start signaling that people who are in the middle class are actually in the upper middle class or wealthy, whatever it is that a signal by accepting this amendment. what is 120 to 150%, in terms of dollar amounts. a two person household making 98,900 a year is at 120% of ami. a two person household making 123,000 is 150% of ami. category? two san francisco unified school district teachers with five years of service and bachelor's degrees are at 120% of ami. so two pretty junior teachers living together are in this 120 to 150 range of ami. now, we can talk about the building trades, and the carpenters, et cetera, who fal
we are struggling to keep our middle class in san francisco. we're losing ground in terms of our middle class leaving because of the cost of housing and other issues and we need to turn that around. one of the reasons a month ago why i offered the amendments i did was to make sure we were tracking housing production, not just of low income but in addition, middle income as well. the last thing we as a board should be doing is to start signaling that people who are in the middle class are...
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he has important history here in san francisco. he was the founder and former publisher editor of the san francisco" nx based philippe news. he and the philippine news have played a major role in the growing visibility and activism an outspoken critic of the late president marcos and despite bribes from the administration he continued to fiercely expose the human rights violations of the dictator. seven kids in the sunset and produced the philippine news from their headquarters south of market to become the most read filipino newspaper in the united states with circulation of 120,000. he's founding chairperson of national federation of philippine american association, been a voice for immigrants rights, farm workers struggle and -- equity for over five decades. last month he received a lifetime achievement award from the filipino-american press club. he is survived by his wife and seven kids. >> clerk calvillo: thank you, supervisor avalos. supervisor mar. >> supervisor mar: thank you. i first wanted to ask if we could -- meeting i
he has important history here in san francisco. he was the founder and former publisher editor of the san francisco" nx based philippe news. he and the philippine news have played a major role in the growing visibility and activism an outspoken critic of the late president marcos and despite bribes from the administration he continued to fiercely expose the human rights violations of the dictator. seven kids in the sunset and produced the philippine news from their headquarters south of...
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i work for the san francisco housing authority. i'm a eligibility worker at the robert pace development. been a team effort. for the last three or four months really appreciate your help over there because you came down there, you walked around, you see that the tenants met with everybody and it really encouraged people and being an opportunity for jobs is like -- it's awesome. the tenants are happy. we have opportunities for families to have, you know, christmas, you know, a better christmas thise%( ;p year. and i really appreciate that and i really just want to thank you, amen. >> i'm property manager of -- i've been there for about three years. and earlier in the year, in this last shooting, killing peace so thank you for the use of -- to join us, not to -- jobs, and all my -- in the housing authority support. with all determine support what we care today. everybody. >> hi. i wanted to say thank you to the supervisor olague for recognizing us today and getting m[ all of you here. good will has afforded me the opportunity to go o
i work for the san francisco housing authority. i'm a eligibility worker at the robert pace development. been a team effort. for the last three or four months really appreciate your help over there because you came down there, you walked around, you see that the tenants met with everybody and it really encouraged people and being an opportunity for jobs is like -- it's awesome. the tenants are happy. we have opportunities for families to have, you know, christmas, you know, a better christmas...
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welcome back to the san francisco board of supervisors meeting of tuesday, november 20, 2012. can we have order in the chambers please. thank you. madam clerk, let's go to item 33. >> clerk calvillo: item 33, an ordinance amending the administrative code to extend the sunset date of the public utilities revenue bond oversight supervisor farrell. >> supervisor farrell: thank you. colleagues, this is an ordinance extending the puc aback to 2016. and i wanted to -- i have circulated previously an amendment to this, a non-substantive amendment ensuring that there is no gap in coverage of the rback between january and the new effective date of this legislation. so i ask that we adopt the amendment and would ask for your support in adopting this ordinance. thank you. >> president chiu: supervisor farrell made a motion to that, seconded by supervisor chu. any objection? without objection the amendment passes. on the underlying ordinances as amended, roll call. >> clerk calvillo: on item 33 as amended, supervisor avalos, aye. supervisor campos, aye. president chiu, aye. supervisor chu
welcome back to the san francisco board of supervisors meeting of tuesday, november 20, 2012. can we have order in the chambers please. thank you. madam clerk, let's go to item 33. >> clerk calvillo: item 33, an ordinance amending the administrative code to extend the sunset date of the public utilities revenue bond oversight supervisor farrell. >> supervisor farrell: thank you. colleagues, this is an ordinance extending the puc aback to 2016. and i wanted to -- i have circulated...
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it's no longer an occasional quirky part of san francisco. rather than in the castro it's seven days a week, pretty much every single day in this neighborhood where people live, work, play, and conduct their lives. this legislation is not about cock rings but not the hart of what this legislation is about, which is that seven days a week, men, and it's almost always men but not always, stand at castro market and often elsewhere, displaying genitals to anyone walking, driving, or just passing by. it's very much a hey, look what i have mentality. we're seeing it in some other neighborhoods as well. the situation in the castro, which has become extreme, developed around the time i took office. there were immediate calls on me resisted those calls for almost two years, because it's not what i wanted to do. i did not want to restrict public nudity, because although i have disagreements with the opponents of this legislation, i viewpoint. believed that the situation in theajpho castro would run its c. but the situation has not run its course. upoin
it's no longer an occasional quirky part of san francisco. rather than in the castro it's seven days a week, pretty much every single day in this neighborhood where people live, work, play, and conduct their lives. this legislation is not about cock rings but not the hart of what this legislation is about, which is that seven days a week, men, and it's almost always men but not always, stand at castro market and often elsewhere, displaying genitals to anyone walking, driving, or just passing...
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by the san francisco board of education. we, in san francisco, have seen tremendous economic growth coming out of the most severe recession since the great depression, and having served on regional bodies that include other jurisdictions, i can tell you that we are very lucky in san francisco, that we are lucky that we have the resources that we have had, and that we hopefully will continue to have. but, yetd yet, in a city as wealthy as san francisco we have a school district that is facing a crisis. we have about half of our students in this class of 2014 that may not be able to graduate and meet the requirements. san francisco has to do better than that. and even though money is not everything, the ability for us to commit resources as a city is really important. and what i understand of this item is that there is a discussion about whether or not to tie the funding that's underlying this item to the rainy day fund. and to the extent that happens, to the extent that there is a connection between this appropriation and the
by the san francisco board of education. we, in san francisco, have seen tremendous economic growth coming out of the most severe recession since the great depression, and having served on regional bodies that include other jurisdictions, i can tell you that we are very lucky in san francisco, that we are lucky that we have the resources that we have had, and that we hopefully will continue to have. but, yetd yet, in a city as wealthy as san francisco we have a school district that is facing a...
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the impacts on san francisco could be devastating. until we have more clarity, what congress as a whole might or might not do we will need to remain vigilant about protecting our reserves and the city's financial position. that said i'm encouraged by the reelection of president obama and certainly for the leadership that leader pelosi has given and will continue to give. we will need their leadership as the president must quickly face the challenge of his second term, avoiding this fiscal cliff. in august of 2011 congress passed the budget control act which threatened automatic spending cuts if congress failed to come up with a planned deficit reduction by 2013. these cuts are what we refer to as sequestration. this would mean an across the board cut of between 7% and 10% of all defense and non-defense federal spending irrespective of policy or its impact on everyday people. these cuts would be absolutely devastating to our national and local economies. our -- show that sequestration will reduce federal funding direct to san francisco
the impacts on san francisco could be devastating. until we have more clarity, what congress as a whole might or might not do we will need to remain vigilant about protecting our reserves and the city's financial position. that said i'm encouraged by the reelection of president obama and certainly for the leadership that leader pelosi has given and will continue to give. we will need their leadership as the president must quickly face the challenge of his second term, avoiding this fiscal...
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this is what san francisco is about. we have an incredible committee of people that have volunteered and put forth i want to be part of this team effort to, build a bay area super bowl event that will be not only long lasting for the sports itself but with daniel's leadership and supervisor feral that's been such an incredible partner in the dialogue to help us form our ideas. and for somebody who's spnt his personal time creating the educational links between our school district and kids and parents, to created a decisional open space in private efforts, we have the right team. today, in concert with mayor mathews and mayor reed with people in business, philanthropy, academia coming together, certainly under the very large umbrella of wanting and wishing and making sure this is the most philanthropic event the world's ever seen. it is appropriately hosted in san francisco. i have often heard when something happens in the city they want it to city. when something happens in san francisco, we want the whole world to know
this is what san francisco is about. we have an incredible committee of people that have volunteered and put forth i want to be part of this team effort to, build a bay area super bowl event that will be not only long lasting for the sports itself but with daniel's leadership and supervisor feral that's been such an incredible partner in the dialogue to help us form our ideas. and for somebody who's spnt his personal time creating the educational links between our school district and kids and...
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j)p driscoll also with the san francisco. grand jury report suffered so much ground, so many points it took quite a while to get past some of their misstatements, misrepresentations to get to their findings. my problem is if the basis was incorrect,it takes a while to follow their reasoning. they were nice enough to put in their notes and their attachments all these wonderful articles by groups such as the upjohn people that they use some of that explanation about what they think we should do. so many points but one i want to focus on and followed up on what the commissioner just said we do not follow preservation of capital adequately enough as a number one priority. maybe we don't say it every meeting but we talk about that all the time. that's one. two, in terms of the investment rate of return, there's assumption that the actuaries make and an assumption the board makes for investment returns. one of the papersxii(sq i think in the upjohn one as said by the grand jury member they expect us to make a realistic rate of retu
j)p driscoll also with the san francisco. grand jury report suffered so much ground, so many points it took quite a while to get past some of their misstatements, misrepresentations to get to their findings. my problem is if the basis was incorrect,it takes a while to follow their reasoning. they were nice enough to put in their notes and their attachments all these wonderful articles by groups such as the upjohn people that they use some of that explanation about what they think we should do....
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. >> good afternoon, supervisors, jay -- executive director of the san francisco employees retirement system. i have some very brief prepared remarks that i would like to go through. on behalf of the retirement board we thank the civil grand jury for their service, however that being said, we are very disappointed that their report ignores long-standing policies and public decision-making practices of the retirement board and staff. these have been in place for decades. most of the recommendations from the civil grand jury have been implemented, as we've indicated in our response, and as part of its regular annual process the retirement board, its investment and actuarially consultants, staff, conduct ongoing comp comprehensive review and analysis of both the trust investment performance as well as the funding status of the plan. i can go through onuepf÷ the investment side the process, but long-standing process. staff obviously is monitoring the performance of the plan on a daily basis. the chief investment officer reports to the board on a monthly basis the status of the plan. ther
. >> good afternoon, supervisors, jay -- executive director of the san francisco employees retirement system. i have some very brief prepared remarks that i would like to go through. on behalf of the retirement board we thank the civil grand jury for their service, however that being said, we are very disappointed that their report ignores long-standing policies and public decision-making practices of the retirement board and staff. these have been in place for decades. most of the...
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one result of the 2008-09 losses is that the san francisco pension fund is underfunded. it is currently valued at approximately 15 billion. but actuaries estimate the funding level needs to be over $18 billion to continue meeting retirees. assuming continuing investment gains and no more investment losses, the city, as employer, needs to take at least $2 billion from its treasury, from now until 2032 to make up for the 2008-09 underfunding. note from this chart, which i don't know if the camera can get that, but the actuarially projections presented to the board showed that if investment returns do not meet expected levels city payments will rise even more and continue to be high, until the year 2032. are more losses, the city would need to pay hundreds of millions of dollars a year, and still might not restore funding by 2032. one of the immediate drivers of high risk policies and practices is the assumed investment return. at this time, i'd like to introduce helen blum. she will review the jury's findings on the assumed investment return. she will also answer the respo
one result of the 2008-09 losses is that the san francisco pension fund is underfunded. it is currently valued at approximately 15 billion. but actuaries estimate the funding level needs to be over $18 billion to continue meeting retirees. assuming continuing investment gains and no more investment losses, the city, as employer, needs to take at least $2 billion from its treasury, from now until 2032 to make up for the 2008-09 underfunding. note from this chart, which i don't know if the camera...
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so again by targeting outreach of san francisco neighborhoods where the majority of residents living below the federal poverty level reside, sf puc may be able to better serve and ensure that the cap discounts actually go to help residents -- in biggest need. >> supervisor elsbernd: isn't there a prosecute problem with that -- problem with that, tenants don't necessarily pay watered bills. they pay the bond but unless a multi-unit is separately metered -- so they're going to fall in
so again by targeting outreach of san francisco neighborhoods where the majority of residents living below the federal poverty level reside, sf puc may be able to better serve and ensure that the cap discounts actually go to help residents -- in biggest need. >> supervisor elsbernd: isn't there a prosecute problem with that -- problem with that, tenants don't necessarily pay watered bills. they pay the bond but unless a multi-unit is separately metered -- so they're going to fall in
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cuisine of san francisco. we have dun's grab, oysters, clam chowder, things that are harvested locally in the area. we think this is the best way possible to showcase this regional food for the neighborhood and the visitors of san francisco. it's going to be such an iconic use, and i'd like to let my brother speak. >> hi, commissioners, supervisors, excuse me. thank you for having us. my name is rowan. i want to say thank you and i want to say that the neighbors are my primary concern. obviously it's the topic at hand i think that's what we can all agree on. and having two restaurants -- or three restaurants with my brothers, i can assure you that we're very aware of neighbors -- neighborhood problems, and i just want to say that's my concern. thank you. >> hi, i'm tyler. you know i grew up in the santa cruz mountains with my brothers in a wooden house that our parents built. and dillon was honored with the name dillon woodhouse mcniven and i live in mission with both my brothers and we're still in a wood hous
cuisine of san francisco. we have dun's grab, oysters, clam chowder, things that are harvested locally in the area. we think this is the best way possible to showcase this regional food for the neighborhood and the visitors of san francisco. it's going to be such an iconic use, and i'd like to let my brother speak. >> hi, commissioners, supervisors, excuse me. thank you for having us. my name is rowan. i want to say thank you and i want to say that the neighbors are my primary concern....
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i've been in san francisco for a few years and known the mcnifns. i'm a patron in all the restaurants. any sort of characterize as far as the restaurants and type of personnel and patrons that they attract if you've been to any of their restaurants, you will realize that they are very sensitive to their neighbors, they have a completely professional staff, it's a very -- establishment. i'm completely in support of this. i show my support by coomg here today. i that i that the sentment of bringing in commercialization, these restaurants are family owned, they're wonderful places, i would -- i've been a part of their restaurants before i actually knew the mcnifns were running them. i've lived by one of them on church street and i love that it's there. thank you. >> supervisor farrell: thank you. before the next speaker i will call a few more cards. bill bowles, christiana rinestein, august schulman, kelly hengan and jud housener. >> jack again. i've been going to buck's restaurant in woodside which i know is part of the family. it's a wonderful place.
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we have to recognize san francisco values. we have to support everyone, not just blacks, latinos, asians, lives here. the way the debate was going, it's so racist and prejudicial. we have to stop the discrimination thing in the ci city. >> supervisor wiener: is there any additional public comment? okay. mr. chairman, may we close public comment? public comment is closed. i want to thank everyone for coming out today. and i think that there is a lot of common ground in terms of the desire to have a great public transportation system. we may have sometimes different perspectives on how to get there, but there is a significant number of -- a significant amount of common ground. in terms of the resolution that we have before us today, i think it speakscj::4" for itself. it is an effort to put us on record, stating that money that is eligible to maintain this system and to reverse muni's downward spiral is money that should be used for that purpose, to increase the reliability of the system, to fix the vehicles, that needs to be jo
we have to recognize san francisco values. we have to support everyone, not just blacks, latinos, asians, lives here. the way the debate was going, it's so racist and prejudicial. we have to stop the discrimination thing in the ci city. >> supervisor wiener: is there any additional public comment? okay. mr. chairman, may we close public comment? public comment is closed. i want to thank everyone for coming out today. and i think that there is a lot of common ground in terms of the desire...
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eric williams, president for the transport workers union here in san francisco. first and foremost, let me be clear here. the transit operators union and the members of our local will not be held responsible for the late buses and the no service on the streets. i welcome this dialogue, all from prop k to prop a to all the measures surrounding muni that should be brought to the forefront, because this agency receives a heck of a lot of funds, federally mandated funds, to deal with this transportation system. so it should be put on the table, on what the agency is doing, with the said funds. the said funds are for operations, to put together a system that works for everybody, within this community of san francisco. that being said, on the face of it, i am for the free youth passes. at this point, with the -- with this agency in the position it's in now, we need to think about how can we actually use those particular funds to benefitjpd÷ everyone within this city. if it's compromising to give a little here, give a little there, but definitely, definitely we need m
eric williams, president for the transport workers union here in san francisco. first and foremost, let me be clear here. the transit operators union and the members of our local will not be held responsible for the late buses and the no service on the streets. i welcome this dialogue, all from prop k to prop a to all the measures surrounding muni that should be brought to the forefront, because this agency receives a heck of a lot of funds, federally mandated funds, to deal with this...
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we have too many families live in san francisco. how many families do you want to leave san francisco. already 30,000/f families have left san francisco. why can't we give our youth free passes. let's do the right thing. thank you very much. >> supervisor wiener: next speaker. >> >> supervisor elsbernd: respectfully i think everyone in the room knows we don't applaud, we don't cheer. let the meeting continue without those kinds of interruptions. >> eric woo, part of the youth commission and i've worked on this campaign for a year with chinatown community development center. i'm speaking in favor of the -- need for low income youth program and i just want to highlight -- i just want to point out that this program, we are not investing either on capital improvements for muni, or the -- or on our young people. we're doing both with the funding we have -- from the transit performance initiate source. i also want to highlight that the funding is a good fit for our pilot program. 40,000 youth would benefit from this program along with the
we have too many families live in san francisco. how many families do you want to leave san francisco. already 30,000/f families have left san francisco. why can't we give our youth free passes. let's do the right thing. thank you very much. >> supervisor wiener: next speaker. >> >> supervisor elsbernd: respectfully i think everyone in the room knows we don't applaud, we don't cheer. let the meeting continue without those kinds of interruptions. >> eric woo, part of the...
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mtc rejected the specific lifeline funding for san francisco's free muni program back in the summer, correct? >> that's correct. >> supervisor wiener: and in terms of the tpi money, the free i think everyone agrees for that but i want to be very clear that mta is not required to use the money for that purpose. mta has the discretion in terms of whether to allocate all or portions of the money to free muni program, to maintenance, to new vehicles or other operational needs. >> yeah. that's absolutely correct. the wñ?ñ? mtc considered an earr proposal, late spring/early summer, to make funds available explicitly and only for youth fare program, both here and in san josÉ. that did not get the approval of the mtc. around that same time the mta board approved our two year budget for the mta. month youth fare pilot that would provide for free fare or zero dollar fare for low income youth contingent on funding froñ mtc. the understanding at that time that it would be this funding spring/early summer that was available only for that use. the tpi program has made funding available for tha
mtc rejected the specific lifeline funding for san francisco's free muni program back in the summer, correct? >> that's correct. >> supervisor wiener: and in terms of the tpi money, the free i think everyone agrees for that but i want to be very clear that mta is not required to use the money for that purpose. mta has the discretion in terms of whether to allocate all or portions of the money to free muni program, to maintenance, to new vehicles or other operational needs. >>...
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this hearing, and for the support for public transportation in san francisco. i know that everybody's here, no matter how they feel about the resolution are here because they want muni to be better. i concur with much of what supervise wiener said in his opening and i want to thank him for being a greater support of not just at muni but in terms of taxi reform, in terms of transportation funding and his role at the mtc as well as at the ts. so i think he framed the issue very well, and while i think me may have a slight difference of opinion in terms of this particular funding, i think most of what he said holds true, and we're grateful for his support and we're working in the same direction to make transit work the way it was metropolita metre board adopted the transit first policy in 1973 and when the voters established the mta in 1999. i have another board meeting, that i'm already late for now so i'm going to try to move through this quickly. john haley, transit director and john ruers, finance, is here to answer questions. to try to speak to issues that we
this hearing, and for the support for public transportation in san francisco. i know that everybody's here, no matter how they feel about the resolution are here because they want muni to be better. i concur with much of what supervise wiener said in his opening and i want to thank him for being a greater support of not just at muni but in terms of taxi reform, in terms of transportation funding and his role at the mtc as well as at the ts. so i think he framed the issue very well, and while i...
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so, these are very sobering challenges that we have as a city and county of san francisco. and, so, it is within this context that the d.a. and the commission on the status of women went to and proceeded to get a grant application with our department of justice. and i will first and foremost thank president obama and the department of justice for recognizing a big gap that we have, a gap that is reflective of our multi-culturalism. and, therefore, this specific $650,000 grant is really to fulfill a huge gap that we had when we are looking at immigrant families. we're looking at particularly latino and asian families, but immigrant families who, for many years, we knew that we were not getting the right level of reports, the right level of services because of the cultural gaps here. so, this is targeted and aimed at that gap. and it is, i think, very telling that we have our immigrant families stepping up and feeling confident in this city that they can work with all the community agencies that are involved here, and really try to help us end domestic violence because that's
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>> you are talking about like a san francisco unified school district? >> yes. >> there was prior legislation that handled this issue, where if there is a completely volunteer-run operation, that is on a san francisco unified school site, they may get a permit through the pta in order to operate and they are not required to go through the certificate of authority, the police permitting process. they have a process where essentially they work with the pta and then they are issued a day-use permit. >> okay. and one more question. regarding at the valet component, valet operators obviously service hotels and restaurants and i saw the immediate closure of denial of a business to get a coa to the bond. prior to the bond coverage being expired or terminate at least the business operator services, restaurant xyz has an operator, and they are not being compliant. so the operator of the restaurant next day doesn't have valet sun affected. and is affected. is there any way to implement prior notification to the operator that their subcontractor is not going to be
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i am a recent -- i recently moved to san francisco and learned about off the grid and the food trucks, the booming food truck business here and felt very compelled to get involved and help out especially with the new legislation currently on the tabe >> one point i wanted to clarify, since it's been discussed today. this talk about the 300' radius. much as we certainly do appreciate supervisor wiener's office getting involved and putting insomuch work and time put into it, as he said a big push for this legislation was to eliminate the sort of incidencery discretionary decision-making in the existing legislation that allows the department to make decisions about which foods are fleeting within the 300' radius. so i just wanted to make it clear and put it on the record that the proposed legislation's 300' zone is still allows the same type of discretion from the department to decide on whether a permit should be granted depending on which restaurants are within 300 feet. i just wanted to make that clear. thanks. >> thank you. any other public comment on items 9, 10 and 11? seeing none,
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i have lived in san francisco for almost 13 years. i own a house in san francisco. i am married and have two kids. prior to owning the food truck i was the general manager of e and o trades company in union square and before that, coyest's colleto restaurant. the food truck was one of those businesses that i could still do something i was passionate about, but be more flexibility with my hours. in the beginning i was at the restaurant all the time and not able to be home with my family. since i started the food truck i have also called a brick-and-mortar cavyes, with cafe in the upper haight. thank you for allowing me to speak. >> thank you. next speaker. >> my name is matt coan and run off the grid, the mobile food truck event company here in town. two years ago we started with one location fort means center and we run ten weekly sessions. we started to work with ten vendors, five trucks and five tents and now we work with over 100 trucks. they are small owner operated businesses and they are exactly the kind of businesses that this commission likes to encourage. s
i have lived in san francisco for almost 13 years. i own a house in san francisco. i am married and have two kids. prior to owning the food truck i was the general manager of e and o trades company in union square and before that, coyest's colleto restaurant. the food truck was one of those businesses that i could still do something i was passionate about, but be more flexibility with my hours. in the beginning i was at the restaurant all the time and not able to be home with my family. since i...
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they have done exhaustive research at the san francisco travels, what is needed? and met with and had many many focus meetings with industry leaders around what is required to support the convention industry. so the design is being very tailored to meet exactly -- they have lots of survey responses as well, as what is required here? we have a lot of seats here. people want to come here. we have one of the highest demand convention centers because they want to be in san francisco. but it's our facility size that is limiting us right now. >> thank you. >> commissioner riley? >> hi. you mentioned the projected occupancy would be at 87.6% when the expansion was done. so what is the current occupancy? >> i believe it's around 80%. let me see if i can find that for you as well. i don't have all the statistics on the tourism industry. i'm sorry. >> that is all right. thank you. >> i'm more of the finance person on the project, but i could definitely get that information to you. >> commissioner riley we'll follow-up with both of those questions with an email response late
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and that district also assesses hotels throughout san francisco. and a portion of that assessment district funds the renovations to the moscone complex, which are finishing up now. and we're very successful and -- based on that partnership through the private funding mechanism and public process, in terms of it being moscone convention center, we feel really confident we can move forward in the same sort of manner with the moscone expansion. but the renovation included efficient heating, ventilation, air conditioning, 24 new restrooms, energy-efficient lighting, free system internet and improved way-finding and graphic decorations to improve the structures and the livability within them. it's a leed gold certified renovation and those have been finished; the assessment portion of the first moscone district will term out next year and there will be continued assessments from that same district that will go towards promoting san francisco and booking hotels and that will last another ten years, but the portion of that assessment district that went to
and that district also assesses hotels throughout san francisco. and a portion of that assessment district funds the renovations to the moscone complex, which are finishing up now. and we're very successful and -- based on that partnership through the private funding mechanism and public process, in terms of it being moscone convention center, we feel really confident we can move forward in the same sort of manner with the moscone expansion. but the renovation included efficient heating,...
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thompson, he will be the best person for san francisco? that is really getting him on the ballot? or getting him nominated or getting him certified for nomination where he has not taken action to become a candidate? >> right. we want that draft committee to be covered by this. >> right. i think as the executive director says, this law will cover that situation. >> okay. >> where you have an individual who has not declared as a candidate, who has not given permission for anybody to raise funds or spend monies on his or her behalf, who has not given permission to be on the ballot. this will cover those committees that raise funds or spend money or raise at least $1,000 to encourage that person to be the next mayor or the next member of the board of supervisors. >> i have got to say, i don't what ambiguity is being created by the definition of "support." because your example would seem to clearly be a case where someone was encouraging someone to run. >> but why? i mean if i just say vote for ed lee for mayor >> but you can't vote for him? >> sure you could, you could write him in. >
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[ gavel ] >> good evening and welcome to the regular meeting of the san francisco ethics commission and we'll begin by taking roll. commissioner studley? >> here. >> commissioner liu? >> commissioner renee? >> present. all members of the commission being present, let's start with the agenda. public comment on matters appearing or not appearing on the agenda that are within the jurisdiction of the ethics commission. :good evening dale pillpa, just wanted to comment and perhaps inquire on the election season that has just concluded. i assume that the staff will be analyzing the effectiveness of the matching -- the public finance program and perhaps compiling a report and i'm just wondering what the thinking is on the timing for that? it's usually a few months down the road, but given the various things that happened this cycle, i believe it will be interesting to look at the numbers after the fact and maybe we can have some discussion at that time about the program and how it works given what we anticipated about a year-ago going into this cycle. i don't know if staff has an indication of
[ gavel ] >> good evening and welcome to the regular meeting of the san francisco ethics commission and we'll begin by taking roll. commissioner studley? >> here. >> commissioner liu? >> commissioner renee? >> present. all members of the commission being present, let's start with the agenda. public comment on matters appearing or not appearing on the agenda that are within the jurisdiction of the ethics commission. :good evening dale pillpa, just wanted to comment...
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congratulations and thanks for being here in san francisco. [applause] >> hello, i am with the san francisco parks department serious we are featuring some wonderful locations in your and very own backyard. this is your chance to find your heart in san francisco with someone special. we are here at the lovely and historic palace of fine arts, located in the bustling marina district. originally built for the 1950's exposition, the palace is situated along san francisco's waterfront. it is ada accessible and is reached by the 28, 30, and 91 bus lines. with its rotunda, columns, uncut the reflecting waters against the eucalyptus trees, it is one of the most romantic settings for special dates, and memorable proposals. it is also a perfect spot where you can relax with that special someone while listening to the water and fountain in the lagoon. beautiful to view from many locations, and inside is an ideal place to walk around with your loved ones. the palace is the most popular wedding location in the city park system. reservations for weddings a
congratulations and thanks for being here in san francisco. [applause] >> hello, i am with the san francisco parks department serious we are featuring some wonderful locations in your and very own backyard. this is your chance to find your heart in san francisco with someone special. we are here at the lovely and historic palace of fine arts, located in the bustling marina district. originally built for the 1950's exposition, the palace is situated along san francisco's waterfront. it is...